Stocking drying and shaping form.



B. R. APPLIN. STOCKING DRYING AND SHAPING FORM. APPLICATION FILLED FEB.9, 1914.

1, 103,245 Patented July 14, 19M

r n s ratus retain EBY R. APPL'IN, OF WA UPUN WISCONSIN.

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STOCKING DRYING AND SHAPING FORM.

1 ,i.@3,2at5. p ifi a of Letters Patent. Patented July 14, 1914.Application filed February 9, 1914. Serial No. 817,661.

T all whom it m ay concern wise connected to a coupling 11 by which toBe it known that I, EnY R. .APPLIN', a connect it to a steam or hotwater service citizen of the United States, and resident of pipe, thetoe end of said form being closed. city of \Vau nin, in the county ofDodge and The general contour of the form longitudi- State of Visconsin,have invented certain nally thereof is that shown in Fig. 1, and in 55new and useful Improvements in Stocking practice said form is employedtoe-end up on Drying and Shaping Forms; and I do herea stand throughwhich the pipe for steam or by declare that'the following is a full,clear, hot water extends, said stand being set upon and exactdescription thereof. a table or other suitable support.

My invention consists in what is herein I claim: 60

particularly set forth with reference to the 1. A stocking drying andshaping form accompanying drawings and pointed out in consisting of asheet-metal lining shell inthe claims ,of this specification, its objectbewardly. braced at intervals of its length ing to povidc simple,economical, efficient against collapse, a wire-wrapping on the andpractically non-expansiblc stocking dryshell constituting anouterreinforce for the 65 ing and shaping forms for use in knitting sameagainst internal pressure, and a coatfaetorics, the construction of myimproved ing of suitable material solidified on the forms being such asto prevent their collapse wire-wrapped shell.

and to successfully resist pressure therein of 2. A stocking drying andshaping form steam or hot water employed as the heating consisting of asheet-metal lining shell, 79'

medium. bracing sleeves therein at intervals of itg Figure l of thedrawings represents a side length on rivets upset at their ends outsideelevation of a stocking drying and shaping of the shell, a wire-Wrappingon the shell form in accordance with my invention in a constituting anouter reinforce for the same stocking that is partly broken away; Fig.2, against internal pressure, and a coating of 7 i a partly sectionalcievationof a fragment of suitable material solidified on the Wiretheform; Figs. 3 and 4, cross-Sections illuswrapped shell.

traling steps in the manufacture of the form, 3. A stocking drying andshaping form and llig. 5, a similar view of the completed consisting ofasheet-metal lining shell inform, this view being on the plane indicatedwardly braced at intervals of its length 80 byline 55 in Fig. 2. againstcollapse, a wire-wrapping on the Referring by numeral to the drawings, 6shell constituting an outer reinforce for the indicates a shell ofsuitable sheet-metal consame against internal pressure, and acoatstituting the lining. of my improved form, ing of block-tin moldedon the wire-Wrapped said lining being elliptical or otherwise in shell.cross-section. At intervals of its length the 4. A stocking drying andshaping form sides of the shell may be braced apart by consisting of asheet-metal lining shell havmeans of a series of washers 7 thereinforming an outer wrapping of wire constituting ing a sleeve on a rivet 8that is upset at its a reinforce against internal pressure, and 8. tendsoutside of said shell, or the sleeve may coating of suitable materialsolidified on the be a single piece. wire-wrapped shell.

'lle shell is outwardly reinforced by a In testimony that I claim theforegoing I wra 'iping 9 of suitable wire and, after being have hereuntoset my handat lVaupun in tinned, the product is centered in a suitablethe county of Dodge and State of i isconmold and cast in a coating 10 ofblock-tin or sin in the presence of two witnesses.

some suitable alloy, or a. coating of vitreous. EBY APPLIN enamel may besubstituted for the metal coating or applied thereto, the coating be-\Vitriesses: ing non-corrosive under ordinary conditions. R. D. Tinnorson,

)0 The leg end of the shell is brazed or other- S. J. DOWLING.

